一、完成句子
提示：请根据以下情景，用 although，until，if，so that，but 完成表达。
1. Your friend Harry failed an important exam. How did you comfort him? (although)

2. You were afraid of speaking in class. How did you face it? (until)

3. Your deskmate Jack often argued with others. Tell him how to calm down when being angry. (so that)

4. Your friend Lisa worries that she will lose in the coming speech competition and feels a lot of pressure. Offer her a positive supposition. (if)

5. You made a serious mistake today, and you say this to cheer yourself up. (but)

一、1. Although you failed this important exam, it doesn't define your worth.
2. I was afraid of speaking English in class until my teacher smiled and encouraged me.
3. When you feel angry, try taking three deep breaths so that you can calm down before you speak.
4. If you practise more and think positively, you will do much better.
5. I made a serious mistake today, but I also learned an important lesson from it.

【解析】
本题需结合给出的情景和指定连词，构造语法正确、语义符合语境的句子：
1. 用although引导让步状语从句，安慰考试失利的朋友，突出转折逻辑；
2. 用until引导时间状语从句，体现“害怕课上发言”这一状态终止的时间节点；
3. 用so that引导目的状语从句，说明深呼吸的目的是冷静下来；
4. 用if引导条件状语从句，给出正向的假设条件和对应的积极结果；
5. 用but连接两个语义转折的分句，表达犯错后也有收获的积极心态。
【答案】
1. Although you failed this important exam, it doesn't define your worth.
2. I was afraid of speaking English in class until my teacher smiled and encouraged me.
3. When you feel angry, try taking three deep breaths so that you can calm down before you speak.
4. If you practise more and think positively, you will do much better.
5. I made a serious mistake today, but I also learned an important lesson from it.
【知识点】
连词用法、状语从句、情景交际
【点评】
本题围绕日常常见场景设题，考查学生对重点连词用法的掌握和实际语言运用能力，兼具基础性和实用性。
【难度系数】
0.7

二、短篇阅读
Every year many young people in Britain finish school and then take a year off before they start to work or go to university. Some of them go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers offer their time to help people — for example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they help with environmental protection.
Mike Coleman is 19 and lives in Canterbury in England. He wants to become a teacher, but now he is living in Namibia, Africa. He's working in a hospital near Katima Mulilo. He says, "I'm working with the doctors and nurses here to help sick people. I'm not a doctor but I can do a lot of things to help — for example, I help to carry people who can't walk. Sometimes I go to villages in the mobile hospital(移动医院), too. I don't get any money — but that's OK. I'm not here for the money. I'm staying here for two months and I'm living in a small house with five other volunteers. The work is hard and the days are long but I'm enjoying my life here. I'm learning a lot about life in southern Africa — and about myself! When I finish the two months' work, I want to travel in and around Namibia for three weeks."
()1. The passage mainly tells us .
A. ways to become a volunteer
B. the importance of volunteer work
C. a meaningful volunteer experience
D. some difficulties in the volunteer work
()2. From the reading, we can know that Mike .
A. is trained to be a doctor
B. enjoys his work a lot
C. hopes to raise money for sick people
D. wants to go home when he finishes his work

二、1. C 2. B

【解析】
1. 主旨大意题：文章先介绍英国年轻人毕业后参与志愿工作的现象，随后重点讲述了Mike在纳米比亚医院做志愿者的具体经历，体现了这段经历的意义，因此选C。
2. 细节理解题：根据Mike所说的“The work is hard and the days are long but I'm enjoying my life here.”可知，他非常享受这份志愿工作，因此选B。
【答案】
1. C 2. B
【知识点】
主旨大意判断、细节信息查找
【点评】
本文以英国青少年的志愿经历为主题，通过具体人物事例展现志愿工作的价值，题目侧重考查对文章主旨和细节的理解，能有效锻炼学生的阅读理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.7